The Guardian, a prominent UK-based news outlet, misidentified Jackson Michigan as Jackson Mississippi in a lengthy article detailing how the FBI coordinated efforts to suppress the Occupy movement.

JACKSON, MI—Most might be surprised to hear that Jackson was the target of a massive FBI surveillance attack in the midst of the Occupy Wall Street movement and has a joint terrorism task force.

And the surprise would be legit. It's not true.

The Guardian, a prominent UK-based news outlet, misidentified Jackson, Michigan as Jackson, Mississippi in a lengthy article detailing how the FBI coordinated efforts to suppress the Occupy movement.

The error was brought to the attention of the media outlet Wednesday afternoon and by 4 p.m. the error was corrected.

“As a responsible news organization, we strive for accuracy. We acknowledge and amend errors as soon as possible,” A spokesperson for Guardian in the US said.

The news outlet included a note at the bottom of the article to reflect the changes.

“This article originally referred to a joint terrorism task force in Jackson, Michigan. This was amended to Jackson, Mississippi at 4pm ET on Jan. 2.”

Here’s what was printed and has subsequently been corrected.

“The Jackson, Michigan ‘joint terrorism task force’ was issuing a ‘counterterrorism preparedness alert’ about the ill-organized grandmas and college sophomores in Occupy there. Also in Jackson, Michigan, the FBI and the ‘Bank Security Group’ – multiple private banks – met to discuss the reaction to ‘National Bad Bank Sit-in Day’ (the response was violent, as you may recall).”